Prior to their expiration, the two patents gave Smith Kline & French during the 1960’s [U.S. Patents 3,256,149 (“Compositions Compromising an Alkaloid of Mitragyna Speciosa and Methods of Using Same”) and 3,324,111 (“Speciofoline, an Alkaloid from Mitragyna Speciosa”) the right to prevent others from making, using, selling, and importing certain alkaloids isolated from kratom, but…
Kratom offers something that other drugs to treat addiction do not – the ability to treat oneself in anonymity and to receive treatment without involving the health care system or law enforcement. In the U.S., kratom’s safety profile – at least compared to other opioids – led people as far back as 1836 to recommend…
email here: Karen Gaffney Director of Lane County Health and Human Services “Future steps by the county could include asking local businesses to voluntarily stop selling the substance, he said. The county also could approve a local ban”. –Jason Davis, a spokesman for Lane County Public Health LINK But kratom enthusiasts have resisted previous attempts to crack down…
Waldron’s autopsy also showed a thyroid and heart condition, a muscle relaxer and a prescription antidepressant. But toxicologists at the Hillsborough County Medical Examiner’s Office said the prescription drug interactions weren’t what caused his death — it was the very high level of kratom in his blood … But [his mom] isn’t calling for a…
While the FDA has cited 36 deaths in association with kratom, the autopsies which have been made available are missing critical information, and several of the autopsies have not been made public despite Freedom of Information Act concerns … “In every case where we have been able to read the autopsies, there have been other…
Kratom is not (technically) an opioid or a synthetic substance. It’s a natural botanical native to tropical Southeast Asia that is part of the coffee family, according to the American Kratom Association. Many users believe pharmaceutical companies and lobbyists want to prevent alternative remedies from cutting into their drug profits. Scott Sutton, who plays drums…
Hmmm…I should add up how much big pharm is losing from just me, because I have switched to kratom. They are literally going to kill people if they outlaw this…. I’ve been using kratom for four years and it has saved my life from a lifetime of manmade drugs. I have nerve damage in my…
[It appears], you’d need to eat a whole tree in one sitting to die of kratom. Both alkaloid extract (ED50=194.4 mg/kg) and mitragynine (ED50= 21.96 mg/kg) significantly and dose-dependently showed analgesic effect compared to morphine (ED50=3.69 mg/kg). In addition, based on the acute toxicity study the LD50 for alkaloid extract and mitragynine was estimated 591.6…
The American Kratom Association (AKA) sent an action alert to members warning that a bill introduced by Sen. Chuck Grassley and Sen. Dianne Feinstein could be a “backdoor way” of banning kratom — an herbal supplement that millions of people use as an alternative to opioid painkillers. But reform advocates are worried that the…
Die-hard advocates of kratom say the Tucson vending machines offer hope to people struggling to kick opioids or who are in need of a less potent pain reliever. “Maybe a person who is going to walk into that sandwich store and has never heard of kratom—maybe that will be their first day off of opiates.…
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